DirectDraw fixes choppy playback, but now files play in grayscale

draco880 · 01-23-2007, 01:31 PM

My apologies if this is in the wrong place. I did a search first but was unable to find anything relevant.

I'm running Windows 2000 Pro, 256Mb RAM, on a 2.4 GHz processor, and have just done a wipe and re-install of the system. My video card is an nVidia Quadro DCC, running my display at 1600 x 1024. I'm trying to get nice, normal .avi files to play properly. They all played on the computer previously so I know the files are not themselves the problem. At first, they were very choppy and the audio skipped, but after I installed the latest Directx, they began playing back in proper resolution and with perfect audio sync, but no color. The video looks dark and is in gray scale. I have tried playing the files in several different players, including Windows Media Player and VLC, with the same results. Gspot is convinced I have the codecs I need to play the file, and if I turn off Directdraw the files go back to how they were: choppy and in a low resolution.

Thanks for any ideas.

draco880 · 01-24-2007, 07:51 PM

After re-installing some drivers, files now play with good audio and video sync, but at a low apparent resolution. I'll try re-installing some more and see if that fixes it.

01-23-2007, 01:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
draco880 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	DirectDraw fixes choppy playback, but now files play in grayscale My apologies if this is in the wrong place. I did a search first but was unable to find anything relevant. I'm running Windows 2000 Pro, 256Mb RAM, on a 2.4 GHz processor, and have just done a wipe and re-install of the system. My video card is an nVidia Quadro DCC, running my display at 1600 x 1024. I'm trying to get nice, normal .avi files to play properly. They all played on the computer previously so I know the files are not themselves the problem. At first, they were very choppy and the audio skipped, but after I installed the latest Directx, they began playing back in proper resolution and with perfect audio sync, but no color. The video looks dark and is in gray scale. I have tried playing the files in several different players, including Windows Media Player and VLC, with the same results. Gspot is convinced I have the codecs I need to play the file, and if I turn off Directdraw the files go back to how they were: choppy and in a low resolution. Thanks for any ideas.

01-24-2007, 07:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
draco880 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3 OS: Win2000	After re-installing some drivers, files now play with good audio and video sync, but at a low apparent resolution. I'll try re-installing some more and see if that fixes it.